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(uncountable) Traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians, typically involving customary homespun techniques and medicinal remedies derived from native plants.

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folk medicine

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Source Word

folk medicine

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˌfəʊk ˈmɛd(ɪ)s(ɪ)n/

Noun

uncountable countable

Japanese Meaning

民間療法 / 非医師によって発展・実践される伝統的な治療法で、通常は家庭内で伝わる技法や、在来の植物などから抽出された薬用成分を用いる医療慣行

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She learned to identify healing herbs from her grandmother, who taught her the basics of folk medicine.

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彼女は祖母から薬草の見分け方を学び、祖母は彼女に民間療法の基本を教えた。

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He learned medicine and surgery "from executioners, bathkeepers, gypsies, midwives, and fortune tellers and incidentally acquired an unusual knowledge of folk-medicine and a permanent taste for low company."

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